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November 3, 2010

Candy Coma

Much to my husband's horror, I let my kids eat as much Halloween candy as they wanted on Monday.

For dinner, my husband and I ate chicken. My older children put chocolate bars on their plates and ate them with forks and knives.

I let my kids do the same thing. However we skipped the plates and the forks. If I let them eat a whole lot of candy the day after they lose interest and stop nagging for just one more piece. In a few days I can throw the rest of the candy out and they will never know.

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my father, the dentist, recommends this style of candy-eating. we use a similar technique at our house. 3 days later, whatever's left gets snatched up by the halloween candy witch. the end result is that sticky sugary stuff stays on their teeth for fewer days & they OD & can't bear the sight of a fun-size anything for about a month!

Honestly, it's not a terrible idea. Get it over with, you know? They probably felt sick to their stomachs. Do it every year, and they'll start to realize that maybe candy meals aren't a great thing. Plus, I'd be happy to have the candy stash around here instantly decreased.

My friend does this with the timer she calls it Candy Fest. She makes her kids clean her house up first. Everyone is happy to oblige because they get candy and she's happy to oblige because she has a clean house and no ones following her around asking for candy. I followed her example I was loving the really clean house. Seems my children will do just about anything for candy even clean toliets

jana- i did the same thing. my 4 year old had candy for breakfast lunch and snack, washed it down with cherry koolaide and had a diarhhea attack wheile strapped in his car seat by 415 pm. he asked me for a bath when we got home (after driving 'soiled" and aggitated - no me, him. while he was in the bath he promised to only eat healthy foods because the halloween candy made him sick. oh really?

When I was a kid my mother made tomato soup and grill cheese sandwiches for dinner. Then we were allowed to eat as much candy as we wanted! My mom was satisfied she had provided a nutritious meal and we ate the candy to our hearts content.

How funny, I do the same thing, the faster it's gone the happier I am... Only this year I told them after 1wk I was throwing it away.. The conversation between the 2 oldest is cracking me up... must eat it all and fast, don't want to waste it...

I always let me daughter stay up late on Halloween night and eat as much candy as she wants... which is actually never as much as I would expect. Some people think I'm crazy. My daugher thinks I'm awesome!! :)

We have been doing "candy binges" since sunday. I don't tell them how much time they have, though. They tear through it afraid they'll run out of time. It's awesome! The only negative I've found with the system is that afterwards my youngest daughter pretends she's a dog for hours. I guess for her sugar overload = turn into a canine.

Oh My Gosh! Too, funny. I also tried this one year. My husband had the same reaction. I told them they could eat as much candy as they wanted, assuming they would stop or get sick, but THEY NEVER STOPPED!